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- Real color photos from the 1910s and 1920s. These are not colorized.
- “The Grab” by Italian street artists Cosimo “Cheone” Caiffa and Mor Pavone in Nerviano, near Milan, Italy
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- This guy got people from around the world to teach him their favourite dance moves. Credit: Ed People
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- RedSamurai (@redsamurai.bsky.social) | Floating World🇯🇵 Deer in Kasuga (春日の鹿) Artist: 🇯🇵Hiroshi Yoshida Date: 1928
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Largest Ancient Roman Mosaic in 50 Years Unearthed in London | My Modern Met
By Jessica Stewart on February 23, 2022 “This is a once-in-a-lifetime find in London…When the first flashes of color started to emerge through the soil, everyone on site was very excited.” The ancient Roman Empire extended all the way to … Continue reading
Ukraine through the eyes of Vladimir Putin
At the centre of the greatest crisis Europe has faced since the Second World War is one man – President Vladimir Putin. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) In an impassioned address to the nation on Monday he set out in 7,500 rambling words … Continue reading
Facts About SLAVERY They Don’t Teach You at School
This is an excerpt from ‘Intellectuals and Race’ — https://amzn.to/3rknNP4
Noam Chomsky: The USA is a mafia | with Fatima Bhutto
Part 3: https://youtu.be/I0m_7pqq7rg The war in Afghanistan and the mafia-like global order; Modhi and the collapse of Indian democracy; the “China Threat” and the “pivot to Asia; Joe Manchin and climate change. The world seems like a dark place, and … Continue reading
Celebrating the Year of the Tiger (English) | Insider Insights
Explore the exhibition Celebrating the Year of the Tiger with Jason Sun, Brooke Russell Astor Curator of Chinese Art, discover depictions of tigers in The Met collection, and learn about their significance. Please note: This program is prerecorded. Watch this … Continue reading
United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony
Honour the victims of the Holocaust and take a stand against Holocaust denial and distortion. On 27 January, International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, join the @unitednations @UNHOP in an virtual ceremony. Watch it … Continue reading
Holocaust memorial day: ‘The Nazis experimented on me at Auschwitz’ – BBC News
A woman in her nineties who has been diagnosed with dementia has shared her story of how she escaped the Nazis with her son for the first time. After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Alina Peretti was sent to a … Continue reading
An unflinching speech encouraged Germany to face the Nazi past | Aeon Essays
Helmut Walser Smith is the Martha Rivers Ingram Chair of History and professor of history at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. His books include The Butcher’s Tale: Murder and Antisemitism in a German Town(2002), The Continuities of German History: Nation, … Continue reading
A brief history of banned numbers – Alessandra King
View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-brief-hi… They say the pen is mightier than the sword, and authorities have often agreed. From outlawed religious tracts and revolutionary manifestos to censored and burned books, we know the potential power of words to overturn the … Continue reading
